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[@markvonwisco7369]

PSA on Ted's behalf: The Telegram scammers are back. Ted is NOT on Telegram, and will not be contacting you to strike up a conversation!

[@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma]

Please do! I will strike up a sexy conversation that you always dreamt of. Nope, not really. It's just a pure scam done by bots.

[@DE-GEN-ART]

ARE YOU SURE IT ISNT TED? because my dad left me a harmony acoustic i wanted to get back into playing shape😂

[@DE-GEN-ART]

Ted told me to buy 500$ in walmart gift cards and after i give him the codes hes going to fix my guitar somehow, your just jealous because Ted is talking to me through telegram hes my friend he told me so😂😂😂

[@doctoribanez]

Damn. He asked for nudes. I thought we had something going

[@johnburns5783]

Good to know 😉😉

[@westfield90]

That repair of the tamboura was a treat. You don’t see this everyday.

[@Bidenvoter]

I was at Madison Square Garden around 1975 or 6 and saw Ravi Shankar with George Harrison... Ravi was playing his sitar and after about 3 or 4 minuets he stopped the audience applauded [of course] he said " thank you but I was just tuning"

[@jwsaxe]

The situation that launched a few dozen punch lines.

[@MikeGervasi]

Concert For Bangladesh. I remember him saying that very well.

[@johnnyx9892]

Maybe they were applauding because he stopped.🤣🤣🤣

[@richm7410]

2 shows, August 1, 1971

[@PageMarker1]

@@richm7410 The guy was only off by 5 years? My favorite part of the show, at least until Dylan showed up. Not much of a Bob Dylan fan, but he was outstanding at that show.

[@ghoulbirth705]

most relatable ted quip yet: "y-yea-ya know.. opening up something i don't know how to put back together. uh.. i mean, i could fake it but i don't really want to. "

[@allendesomer]

I play Indian classical music, and I've repaired a couple of those shattered gourds. This one went together very well! 👍

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"Gluing and taping the bottom of an injured musical gourd" is NOT a thought I imagined I'd ever have ... but here we are.

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

I use fish glue. It helps me with my scales. Plus, you can tuna mandolin easier with it. It can be a real haddock to work with though.

[@normanmastrian]

Nuk nuk nuk...

[@nerfnerfification]

It serves a porpoise and leaves you nothing to whale about for Cod's sake.

[@pczTV]

It’s comments like this that get me crabby. …

[@kevjones5047]

smelt that one a mile away

[@pczTV]

We were warned about scammers… this all seems pretty fishy to me. You won’t bait me with such comments!

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

As a regular Brit viewer I would like to firstly thank you for your solder/solder accomodation. As far as the replacement of 'th' with 'f' I've given it some fought and I really do believe it is an urban London thing. There are famously lots of regional accents over here but I cannot, off hand, think of anywhere else they do that particular thing. Keep on re-fretting and of course polishing, polishing, polishing. I find it very relaxing viewing.

[@johnsimmons-be3pg]

🦘👍

[@BossNotes]

Being a automotive repair shop owner for 29 yrs , when he says things come in waves , he’s absolutely correct. I’d get a water pump on a Pontiac 3.8 L 3800 super charger , & before the months over I’d do at least 3-4 of them, oh & for y’all smarties , NOT ON THE SAME CAR lol But yeah , we’d get waves of dash removal evaporator cores , brakes , tires , and the worst job of all diesel Head gaskets! Hard , dirty , & having to get inside the bay ! Stay safe my friends !

[@JiveDadson]

People see patterns in uniformly distributed independent events. It's been proven with random dots on paper. People rarely chose the "truly random" pattern. They see patterns.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

“…although it’s deadly poisonous if you try to make it into a pie.” 😂😂😂

[@andoros.7017]

This gave me the inspiration to attempt to repair the oversized golfball sized hole that UPS managed to put in my sitar (my mom brought it to store and paid the extra charge them to pack & ship it). I purchased it at a small instrument store in Pondicherry. It traveled all around southern/central India with me, and flew back in the belly of the plane and received zero scratches/dings etc. UPS either had a drunken blind man pack it or one of the drivers somewhere between Boston and Texas was hellbent on using it to practice his kickboxing techniques.

[@jwsaxe]

United Parcel Smashers.

[@Acre00]

They think "fragile" is a French word for "throw underhand"

[@m.f.3347]

literally recognised the mandolin armrest before you even mentioned it. i think I've watched your back-catalogue too many times lol

[@someinternetrando4993]

Ted, I appreciate your videos, and like the time we spend in your shop shooting the breeze while you work. Refrets, neck resets, finish repair...doesn't matter, you need to work on whatever comes into your shop and I enjoy watching all of it. I'm eternally grateful that you choose to share this with us, and look forward to every Sunday!

[@dannoall8427]

I went (in my head) "No-no-no!" when you mentioned epoxy. Good call on the Titebond. As a furniture repair guy, I have an aversion to epoxies and polyurethane (Gorilla glue it!) glues. A loathing for anything non-reversible. Not that this would ever need to be reversed or undone, it just goes against my acquired "inner code".

[@ericl6460]

"I came out clean.. and I came out creepin'" Love lonely island

[@jimperris1617]

Hey Ted. Hello from Cleveland (OH). Long time viewer. I'm not involved in instrument repair at all, but I enjoy watching a skilled craftsman at work. Here and there I do pick up a tip that is transferable to some project I'm working on, but mostly just watch for entertainment. Thanks for putting out these repair videos for us to enjoy. I hope you keep it up.

[@beenaplumber8379]

Hello Cleveland!!!

[@davidaylsworth8964]

I will always remember Ravi Shankar at the concert for Bangladesh. At the start of their segment they were tuning their instruments and the audience applauded enthusiastically as they paused to begin their program. Ravi said to the Madison Square Gardens audience, “We hope you enjoy the music as much as the tuning.” Interest change from the usual in this video. Well enjoyed.

[@thegeekdude67]

Ted… amazing work (as usual). The tamboura work was an unexpected enjoyable treat to see! I love the world of guitar/bass/build/mod/repair, etc. This was a great perspective into the tamboura world. I always feel like I just got out of a riveting college class with your videos. Thank you! 😎👊 🎸

[@davidethridge5748]

Nice lonely island reference

[@PaulBaker85]

Was looking for this comment to see if anyone else caught it too!

[@pianorgaccorilin]

Me too😊

[@KenIn_NH]

Very cool! Always nice to see these less than mainstream instruments on the bench, and the added educational content is very much appreciated! Thank you!

[@mactech1]

What a mystical instrument.

[@stevenkarnisky411]

I purchased a broken dilruba several years ago. The seller thought it was a sitar. It is played with a cello style bow, and has the resonating "jawari bridge", although that is not the correct name for it. The soundboard, which was torn, is goat skin. Theheadstock was broken off at the narrowest point, about 2 1/2 cm. Bought a small skin online and managed to cut and glue it back on. Ended up having o reinforce the neck headstock joint with a piece of cedar behind. Replaced broken wooden tuning pegs on the four primary strings with stratocaster tuner machines! Managed to get out of something I probably shouldn't have gotten into, but I learned, and now I have a serviceable, if strange looking dilruba. BTW, a dilruba is what you hear on George Harrison's "Within You, Without You" on Sgt. Pepper. Sounds somewhat like a violin, and trades phrases with the sitar in the song. And yes, there are western violins and cellos in the song, too.

[@JonPMeyer]

You may not be an expert on the tamboura, but we really appreciate your diligence in learning and sharing so much with us who know less than you! The sound is instantly recognizable, even if we didn't know what to call it. There must be some really interesting techniques involved in making such a thing.

[@kbjerke]

A perfect Sunday afternoon. Now. Thanks, Ted!

[@JM46jm]

That Gibson sounds fantastic.

[@beenaplumber8379]

I was impressed at the sustain. I don't usually think of sustain when I think of mandolins, but after plunking around on my friends' expensive Taylors and Martins I've begun to appreciate the effect of great sustain on an acoustic instrument. It makes everything so much more alive.

[@fusion-music]

Great repair. Anouska Shankar is very accessible performer on Sitar - "Traveller" is probably my favourite album. I was listening to her Dad in the 70s.

[@jeffreyhughes9162]

Sitar buzz is like the distortion pedal of Indian music.

[@jimperris1617]

That 3M VHB tape is no joke. Car dealers use it to stick on accessory mudflaps and it's actually been used as a structural adhesive, like holding the windows in the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.

[@beenaplumber8379]

Windows in the Burj Khalifa??? Yeah, I'm impressed! It's a long way down if that stuff fails! I was a little taken aback when I was in flight school and I rented a plane for a solo flight and found duct tape on the fairing to the tail fin. They told me it was an FAA-approved repair material (whatever brand, probably 3M too). So, ok.

[@ShainAndrews]

Nope. At no point is double sided foam tape structural. As such it is not used to retain ANY glass on the Burj Khalifa tower. I do not understand how you make the leap from vehicle moldings to structural adhesives.

[@jimperris1617]

I didn't make it up. There's 3M marketing videos stating this.

[@walterw2]

@@ShainAndrews i know nothing about windows in dubai skyscrapers but i'm familiar with the VHB stuff in acoustic guitar pickups; the _foam_ version of it would make me nervous too but LR baggs uses a version that's thinner with no foam layer for certain things and that stuff is rock-solid once it's firmly pressed into place it _is_ removable but judging by the manual force i have to exert to pull a pickup the size of a AA battery off of a wooden guitar bridgeplate (the baggs iBeam) i can imagine a whole big window held on with it not coming off without breaking the glass itself

[@zerobot75]

dude, I'm loving this! the didgeridoo comment was right on time.

[@cfcasey.guitars-ukuleles]

Don’t you just love it when a crack just seems to want to go back together!

[@NewForestRunner]

What a gourdgeous instrument!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

It's a gourdtar!

[@JiveDadson]

😬

[@johnnybird7593]

That was pretty mandolame....😆

[@jp2246]

​@@johnnybird7593don't squash his enthusiasm

[@stainless641]

That was very interesting fixing that unique instrument.

[@czgunner]

That mandolin sounds amazing!

[@Sundlofengineering]

I’m the guy who fixes these in Chicago great video 🎩

[@jackiemaric7098]

Thank you Ted for the knowledge you did share about the tamboura (was educational for me) and I am grateful for that and for your repair of my beautiful instrument. 🙏😊

[@planespeaking]

The 'Fanks' thing is called TH fronting and is where TH is replaced by F or V. It's common around London suburbs. As in "Fanks for the video, Bruvver"

[@kitmoore9969]

I don't know much about linguistics. Is there a term for ex-colonials saying "puddy" for "putty" and "shadder" for "shatter", other than quaint?

[@planespeaking]

Probably. Americas frequently pronounce water as wadder etc. something to to with "glottal stops" ​@@kitmoore9969

[@lwilton]

@@kitmoore9969 Look up videos by "Dr Geoff Lindsey". He covers lots of things like this. Yes there is/are terms. I don't know them, but I've heard him use them.

[@paulneeds]

Yeah, certainly far from being all of we Brits, but US movie culture seems to have a London accent as being from the entire Union of four countries!

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@kitmoore9969 We Americans turn our T's into D's when they're preceded by and followed by a vowel. That applies across most regional accents, except some in the South. I understand the TH --> F thing is estuary English - the London cockney spread beyond Greater London. (Essex?)

[@petersage5157]

A little while ago, Adam Savage featured an automatic tape dispenser on his channel. At the time, I wondered why anyone would need such a thing, but it seems to me that a lot of Ted's repair work could benefit from it.

[@allancopland1768]

Good call using Titebond on the Tamboura. I'd be willing to bet the repair will be stronger than the original wood of the gourd.

[@martybrown6095]

Spectacular video Ted. Many thanks

[@Prellium]

I like to watch your videos mostly because you are interesting to listen to even if you are refretting, refretting, refretting. :)

[@thewizardmountain]

i don't know why, but i laughed so hard when you talked about the 'f' sound british people do instead of 'th'. lol

[@joehager3607]

I live near Wayne Henderson. He allows anyone to come hang out as long as you let him know you are coming. His daughter builds also. She makes beautiful ukulele’s and guitars. Wayne lives in Grayson county VA. Beautiful area. Cheers, love your work. My favorite youtube channel.

[@IwoIwanov]

A seriously played instrument, seriously serviced by a perfectly competent craftsman. - Brings about motivation for the coming Monday.

[@bobbeattie9695]

Congratulations on 120k subs. Ted.

[@jakegarber2758]

Repairing the gourd on that tamboura was by far the most nerve-wracking segment I’ve seen yet on this channel.

[@scottrill17]

For not having much experience with this instrument, you repaired and explained it with vey much expertise. You are a wonder, Ted!

[@gordon5004]

Absolutely FASCINATING

[@miky8788]

.. a super droning sound .. I took home from Varanasi a big sitar, 658 strings, a real ass pain to be tuned but awesome

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

I recognised that mandolin straight away!!! Gosh darn does time fly!!!....long time viewer I guess and first time commenter... Greetings from sunny North Wales !

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

And also not all people of Britain talk like that...unless you are cockney...it's a bit of a generalisation...just like Americans adding ooo's to Alooominum/ Aluminium or not pronouncing the H in the word herb......or for that matter saying the word soldering completely 110% incorrectly....lol......

[@jipes]

Fascinating !

[@AlvinBuyaganMusic]

I hope that one day I'd be as good as you. Thanks Ted for your great vids!

[@ncdave4]

I so appreciated the Indian tampura segment.. having spent a 10 day stay there (mid 70s) I gained an a appreciation for their music.

[@pamartin]

Always a delight. Thank you.

[@harlanbarnhart4656]

I've been watching since the armrest project. Time well spent.

[@ashleysmith3106]

Fascinating ! Thank you ! !

[@nicolen.9642]

Good grief! Never seen worn out frets like that! 😳 Great job, Ted. Thanks for sharing.

[@SBanas]

I come here to hang, as well as to learn thing or two. As a hobby luthier- You're an endless well of knowledge when it comes to guitar repair. Thanks to you I've attempted my first neck reset, which went from 8 hour job, to an 8 weeks job, but I've learned sooo much. Thank You for your work sir!

[@peterlundin7953]

Fank you Ted, as always very educational!

[@paulgartner4619]

Fascinating. Thank you

[@Adam-wl8wn]

I got given a sitar that's gourd was completely smashed, I managed to suprise myself by the quality of the repair I did using plaster of paris bandage strips and shellac. Very different to my usual fare of repairing melodeons and accordions!

[@kennymacdonald1993]

Many thanks always enjoy your videos.Greetings from Oban Scotland

[@dalgguitars]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@paulneeds]

Gourd - no great job on that melon! I do wonder what a guitar-sized F5 shape would turn out like… 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@chenz1971]

Hello Ted, I’m an English man from Liverpool, you know that place in the north of England where that little band called The Beatles originated from, and I need to say that it’s only people from the south pronounce their ‘TH’ to ‘F’, cockneys in fact. Anyway love the channel and keep up the good work.

[@brendanbarbour8568]

What a truly amazing sound. Thank you for the insightful introduction to a magical instrument

[@georgefrench1907]

Outstanding.

[@pdbowman]

something old, something new, something broken, let’s talk glue

[@terryjohinke8065]

As always, I always learn something from you. Thank you Ted.

[@marccarter1350]

Great stuff, nice to learn a ;little about Indian Music! Fank you very much.

[@steverhenius6734]

Fascinating to see /hear what repair and set up is involved in other exotic instruments. Helps also to understand the music. Thanks for the introduction !

[@copperaudio9664]

Love this "exotic" episode. Drone is good. Thanks!

[@jetphone1974]

Good stuff Ted. Thanks.

[@krzysztofkosowicz4835]

Namaste, maestro! : )

[@dcallan1]

We always learn something new tin you Ted! Keep learning and teaching!

[@bills6093]

If that was genuine 3M VHB, it's good stuff.

[@jfredknobloch]

Brilliant stuff!

[@fulci6734]

Thank you Ted 👍👍👍🎸

[@jimmoore4052]

Cheers Ted. Very interesting.

[@johndube1731]

BTW, in the past, I've had good luck using a violin sound post setter for most things in F Hole instruments. From pots to pickups. My 2 cents worth. 😊

[@mightyluv]

I was given a dried gourd a number of years ago; thinking about doing something like this 🤔

[@hoilst265]

For the Western equivalent of that tanpura, you might think of the drone pipe on a set of bagpipes.

[@waynepollard6879]

Wow ! This was a good one !

[@bpaakwaan7325]

My sitar was a nightmare to tune. Not only are the frets movable, but that style of tuning pegs means that as you turn its a case of "..not enough..not enough..oh too much"..rinse and repeat. Kinda like a floyd rose..

[@kevinrenfro2254]

I have always been under the opinion that if you’re gonna watch guys do guitar work on KZbin you have to be willing to put in what I call “Fret replacement seat time” for the good stuff!

[@trebleclef169]

In 2014 I bought a sitar that was shipped from India. A great purchase!

[@brogarn]

Fanks for the video.

[@gatekeeper65]

😂

[@mrsogre]

I wasn't expecting a vid today, which makes it even more enjoyable.

[@jamesascher8147]

the tamboura is such a cool instrument

[@chrisbirdful]

Awesome episode

[@davidj6008]

Great video and introduction to the instrument When plucking the strings, I thought I heard string buzz as lowest string rang out The harmonics are insanely beautiful If only one could achieve that on a guitar Super job

[@evertwenderpirt6328]

WOW !!

[@seanj3667]

I’m sure a lot of jobs get repetitive. I wonder what jobs Ted gets excited for, like when that job comes in the door, he thinks “oh boy!”

[@kennethdon3619]

i'v had a similarly damaged sitar on my bench (in scotland) fixing that was the easy part, titebond and a bandclamp to close it; the hard part, which i gave up, was restringing the damn thing, trying to get 13 resonance strings up and through the peg holes in the site of the neck, makes a 12 string seem trivial

[@the_chocolate_teapot2156]

Fanx from England Ted

[@oysteivi]

Fish glue makes sound transfer more.. efishent.

[@Vildhjuggah]

The Bob Ross of lutherie

[@baritonfelix]

27:19 can be used for an unplugged version of the Beatles' "I Feel Fine" ;)

[@Lensman864]

Ted might get to work on more Indian instruments of that type but tomorrow never knows ... 🤫

[@harlanbarnhart4656]

Yeah, if he doesn't want to work on them, he shouldn't show them. He may become the go to Canadian gourd instrument person.

[@beaufredericks4547]

@@harlanbarnhart4656 "Gourdan Lightfoot"?

[@richardcash869]

Imagine his pain trying to track down fret buzz - oh wait!

[@kevjones5047]

Puns like that within you, maybe we should continue without you...😉

[@ItsChubums]

"I came out clean, and I came out creepin'" Damn, haven't thought about that song in years.

[@philbert006]

The lonely island put KZbin on the map.

[@johnnyxmusic]

Mandolin is sweet.